Power play
Subtitle: the Bush presidency and the Constitution
By: James P. Pfiffner
Edition: Pbk. ed.
Publisher: Brookings Institution Press
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Washington, D.C
Language: eng
Number of pages: 299
ISBN-13: 9780815703358
Subjects: Politics and government; Presidents; United States; Executive power; History
Description: "Analyzes the Bush presidency's efforts to expand executive power, putting them into constitutional and historical perspective. Explores the evolution of Anglo-American thinking about executive power and individual rights. Documents how the current administration has undermined the separation of powers and shows how these practices have imperiled the rule of law"--Provided by publisher.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: A government of laws or men?; title: The nature of executive power; title: Creating individual rights and an independent legislature; title: The American Constitution; title: The power to imprison : habeas corpus; title: The power to torture; title: The power to surveil; title: The power to ignore the law : signing statements; title: Conclusion: Constitutionalism and the rule of law.